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E. T. A LOCAL WAY OF LEARNING
Title: HOW MUCH?
Author: Eulalie R. Rivera Elementary School
Environmental Education Team
Grade Level: 5-8
Concepts: Disciplines:
11. Individual Acts 1. Math
2. Social Studies
Objective:
By charting and calculating costs associated with daily living expenses,
students will develop a better understanding of the cost of living and how it
relates to environmental quality.
Rationale:
Many times children are not really aware of the economics of the world. This
exercise is designed to allow a student insight into the cost of products that
are served up to him in his daily life. Sometimes knowing what a product's
dollar amount is adds impetus to a person's respecting and giving care not to
abuse the item or overuse it.
Directions/Activity:
On the form that is attached, make a list of all the items you used, ate or wore
for one 24-hour period.
After you have filled in the form, take it to a local store and price the food
items listed. Suggestion: The Avis can aid you in pricing some of the items.
Do the same with clothing and furniture. Suggestion: Using a catalog from
Montgomery Ward or another store will aid you in getting accurate prices.
Ask your parents to aid you in obtaining an approximate cost of water and power
bills for one month. Divide this figure by 30 to get the cost for one day, then
divide the figure by the number of people in your family to find out the cost of
the items you use.
Total all columns after they are completed. Take all columns and add them
together for a grand total.
Suggestions:
1. Explore what you might do to lower costs in each of the columns.
2. Compare your costs with other students and exchange ideas for conserving.
E.T.
WORKSHEET
Name
Fill in the amounts you used
when appropriate. (Try to be
cost.)
for one day's time and use fractions of amounts
as accurate as you can when approximating your
FOOD
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
TOTAL
CLOTHING
TOTAL
FURNITURE
TOTAL
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
Cost
UTILITIES (WATER, ELECTRIC)
Time used [or
Time used for
Time used for
Time used for
Time used for
Time used for
Time used for
Time used for
Time used for
Time used for
TOTAL
TOTAL
GRAND TOTAL
EXAMPLE: FOOD
1. One egg Cost: current price for a dozen divided by 12
2. Clothing- current prices in catalog/store, one year's use, pro-rated
3. Furniture use new prices, 10 year's use, pro-rated
4. Rent rent or mortgage payment, monthly, pro-rated
5. Use monthly bills and figure your individual cost. . per day
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HOW MUCH?
3. Discuss what resources were provided to you by a service agency.
4. Mathematically explore percentages such as: Your cost over a day, month,
year and/or other similar percentages.
5. Discuss the multiplier effect if costs were multiplied times the number in
a family, town, island, nation.
6. Compare your situation with a student in another country.
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